Opinion

Under a military blockade for six years, the Gaza Strip may now be facing further isolation. Whilst Israel's restrictive policies have secluded the enclave, the shattering of Morsi's power...

Israeli policies and practices have for years been seen to be openly racist against non-Jews but that hasn't stopped legislators trying to cover up this racism. A number of...

It has now been nearly three weeks since Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president in decades, was ousted by the military on 3 July. The army intervention came...

When the Madrid Peace Conference convened at the invitation of President George Bush Snr in August 1991, the then Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, announced that he would negotiate...

After a brief visit to Ramallah John Kerry announced, from Amman, that negotiations would resume early next week. The announcement came 24 hours after the Palestinian Authority had announced...

The news that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are to be resumed after a publicly announced three year break hasn't been confirmed by the release of any formal agreement between US Secretary...

On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted in favour of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to release 104 "heavyweight" Palestinian prisoners still languishing in Israeli jails. The goodwill gesture hopes to...

I believe that none of us will ever forget Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh. Al-Mabhouh, a member of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades, was assassinated on January 19 2010 at the age...

In light of political developments in Egypt and the international and regional support the coup has received, it has become clear that the United States' current policy is to...

Will re-launched Israeli-Palestinian negotiations lead to a sovereign Palestinian state? In this brief, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Camille Mansour analyzes Israeli and Palestinian positions relating to key issues of sovereignty...

It is a highly charged question that has prompted years of scholarly debate. Some argue that democracy may be incompatible with Middle Eastern values. In his book "What Went...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has worked hard on the Israel-Palestine portfolio since he came into office earlier this year. He has made six tours to the region,...

As peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials jumpstart into motion again, plenty of questions remain. "What was on the menu for last week's White House Iftar?" Fish and...

Unlike the Palestinians, Netanyahu's government does not depend on negotiations. The importance of the negotiations goes beyond tables and press conferences. It is more important for Israel to be...

"They already have a certain amount of self-determination – something that's less than a state but covers almost all of the Palestinian population." Elkin's statement refers to the alleged...

From Lebanon to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and Iraq, not to mention its support for the Syrian opposition, Saudi Arabia's foreign policy appears to be contradictory. While attacking the...

I realise that the environment in Egypt is not conducive to discussion of the state's relationship with Hamas, which has been accused of interference in Egyptian affairs post-January 25...

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Eraket and his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni have sat down for "talks to begin talks", a process which US State of Secretary John Kerry has spent...

Discussing the points of view that support the resumption of "eternal and at any cost" negotiations we can see that some have called publically on the top decision-maker to...

From the disorder of a construction site in the occupied West Bank, a new vision of Palestine is rising. Not far from Ramallah, workers in hard hats are busy...

The bad news is that an Israeli drone strike killed five Egyptians in Sinai last week; they were, it is alleged, "jihadists" who intended to launch a rocket against...

The construction of 1,200 housing units in the occupied West Bank does not threaten the peace process, although Israel finds it difficult to accept the "unfair accusations" that activities...

The late Palestinian writer, Emile Habibi has coined the Arabic word "AlMutashail" out of the two halves of the Arabic words (mutafail /optimist and mutashaim /pessimist) to describe someone...

Towards the end of July, General al-Sisi delivered a new 48-hour ultimatum for the Brotherhood to end their protests against the military coup. Even as he demanded that the...

After a long career as a journalist covering the apartheid in South Africa, Allister Sparks travelled Israel and Palestine, shocked by what he witnessed he was compelled to comment,...

King Abdullah fears the Muslim Brotherhood, which challenges the kingdom's claim to be the protector of Islam It took almost 60 years for the CIA to own up to...

What has been disclosed regarding the peace talks so far does not give us hope, and this latest effort can already be judged to be an immense failure for...

In recent months, Britain has been going through a phase of Syria fatigue. Astonishing figures of two million Syrians inside the country in desperate need, or the fact that...

A state of anxiety and confusion has taken over the residents of Gaza as the tunnels leading to the Egyptian border have been almost entirely closed off. Humanitarian crises...

Diplomacy and submission have been propelled to prominence with Mahmoud Abbas's recent concession to Israel. Allegedly speaking on behalf of Palestinians, Abbas declared that the Palestinian Authority would agree...

Palestinian families used to come to Al-Oja spring, in the Jordan Valley, to spend summer days bathing. The spring overflowed with water, turning the land into the "bread basket"...

The Arab Spring arrived 10 years after George W. Bush declared the advent of the "war on terror". The events of September 11 allowed the Bush administration to launch...